Is XLP a buy? - Seeking Alpha

Quote & Headlines Market Currents StockTalk

Today 5d 1m 3m 1y 5y 10y

52wk high:

52wk low:

EPS:

PE:

Div Rate:

Yield:

Market Cap:

Volume:

1,130 people get XLP articles and Market Currents by email alert.

Get email alerts on XLP »

HEADLINES:

Managing Risk With Key S&P Sector ETFs
Salil Mehta • Thu, May 23 • 1 Comment
Sector-Specific Asset Bubbles
Stock Traders Daily • Wed, May 22
Will Wednesday's Fed Minutes Spark A Sell-Off?
Chris Ciovacco • Tue, May 21
Bullish On Wal-Mart: Revisiting Long-Term Thesis
Pendulum • Mon, May 20 • 8 Comments
Asset Inflation And Bond Bubbles, Fed Policy At Work
Wall Street Trading • Wed, May 15 • 1 Comment
Stocks Could Continue Surprising Ascent
Chris Ciovacco • Tue, May 14 • 5 Comments
S&P 500 Sector Breadth Levels
Bespoke Investment Group • Mon, May 13 • 3 Comments
U.S. Retail Sales: April 2013 Preview
James Picerno • Fri, May 10
Sector Relative Strength By Market Cap
Bespoke Investment Group • Wed, May 8 • 1 Comment
Is It Time To Rotate From Defensive Sectors Into Riskier Assets?
Visual Capitalist • Wed, May 8 • 5 Comments
Sell In May? Maybe A Little, But Rotate
Howard Reisman • Wed, May 8 • 19 Comments
Play These Sector Rotations
Bret Jensen • Sun, May 5 • 9 Comments
Hot And Cold ETFs And Sectors For April
Wall Street Sector Selector • Sun, May 5 • 1 Comment
S&P 500 Sector Trading Range Charts
Bespoke Investment Group • Fri, May 3
Top 10 U.S. And Global Consumer Staples ETFs
David Fry • Thu, May 2 • 1 Comment
Retail ETFs Hold Steady
Tom Lydon • Thu, May 2
Why You Should Rethink Your Defensive Game Plan
David Fabian • Thu, May 2 • 4 Comments
Key ETF Performance In April And Year To Date
Bespoke Investment Group • Tue, Apr 30 • 1 Comment
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (Part 1)
Bret Jensen • Tue, Apr 30 • 13 Comments
Sell In May?
Cam Hui • Mon, Apr 29 • 57 Comments

To learn more about Seeking Alpha Pro, click here.

Consumer Staples: Like Apple At $700 Or Gold At $1900
Alan Brochstein • Sun, Apr 14 • 58 Comments
XLP And Top Holdings: Opportunity For Bears
Logan Corbin • Tue, Apr 9 • 2 Comments
Consumer Staples Ahead Of Itself ?
Jim Fish • Mon, Feb 11 • 12 Comments
Consumer Staples ETF Is Beating The Market
David Zanoni • Fri, Jan 11 • 7 Comments
A Fiscal Cliff Hedge For Slowing Discretionary Spending
Benjamin Shepherd • Thu, Dec 20, 2012 • 1 Comment
A Sector ETF That Doubled Its Dividend In 6 Years
Niklashausen • Tue, Oct 9, 2012 • 3 Comments
Need Vs. Want Trade Warning Of Correction?
Michael A. Gayed • Thu, Oct 4, 2012 • 17 Comments
A Defensive Consumer Staples ETF For An Uncertain Economic Environment
Morningstar • Mon, Jun 11, 2012 • 2 Comments
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Consumer Staples ETFs
David Trainer • Thu, Feb 3, 2011 • 6 Comments
Five Head-to-Head ETF Matchups to Keep an Eye on
Michael Johnston • Fri, Jun 4, 2010 • 2 Comments
What Does Consumer ETF Put Selling Mean?
optionMONSTER • Tue, Mar 9, 2010
Why I'm Bullish on the Consumer Staples ETF for 2010
Gary Gordon • Wed, Dec 2, 2009
Big Bearish Bet on Consumer Staples
optionMONSTER • Thu, Oct 1, 2009 • 1 Comment
Consumer Staples ETFs: How Name Brands Are Fighting Back
Tom Lydon • Mon, Sep 14, 2009
Why Value Still Rules with Retail ETFs
Tom Lydon • Wed, May 13, 2009
History's Not on the Side of Consumer Staples ETFs
Tom Lydon • Fri, Nov 7, 2008 • 1 Comment
3 Reasons to Buy Consumer Staples
Sajal • Sun, May 4, 2008
Consumer Staples Sector ETF looking attractive? (XLP)
Scott Rothbort • Thu, Jun 30, 2005

Managing Risk With Key S&P Sector ETFs
Salil Mehta • Thu, May 23 • 1 Comment
Sector-Specific Asset Bubbles
Stock Traders Daily • Wed, May 22
Will Wednesday's Fed Minutes Spark A Sell-Off?
Chris Ciovacco • Tue, May 21
Bullish On Wal-Mart: Revisiting Long-Term Thesis
Pendulum • Mon, May 20 • 8 Comments
Asset Inflation And Bond Bubbles, Fed Policy At Work
Wall Street Trading • Wed, May 15 • 1 Comment
Stocks Could Continue Surprising Ascent
Chris Ciovacco • Tue, May 14 • 5 Comments
S&P 500 Sector Breadth Levels
Bespoke Investment Group • Mon, May 13 • 3 Comments
U.S. Retail Sales: April 2013 Preview
James Picerno • Fri, May 10
Sector Relative Strength By Market Cap
Bespoke Investment Group • Wed, May 8 • 1 Comment
Is It Time To Rotate From Defensive Sectors Into Riskier Assets?
Visual Capitalist • Wed, May 8 • 5 Comments
Sell In May? Maybe A Little, But Rotate
Howard Reisman • Wed, May 8 • 19 Comments
Play These Sector Rotations
Bret Jensen • Sun, May 5 • 9 Comments
Hot And Cold ETFs And Sectors For April
Wall Street Sector Selector • Sun, May 5 • 1 Comment
S&P 500 Sector Trading Range Charts
Bespoke Investment Group • Fri, May 3
Top 10 U.S. And Global Consumer Staples ETFs
David Fry • Thu, May 2 • 1 Comment
Retail ETFs Hold Steady
Tom Lydon • Thu, May 2
Why You Should Rethink Your Defensive Game Plan
David Fabian • Thu, May 2 • 4 Comments
Key ETF Performance In April And Year To Date
Bespoke Investment Group • Tue, Apr 30 • 1 Comment
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (Part 1)
Bret Jensen • Tue, Apr 30 • 13 Comments
Sell In May?
Cam Hui • Mon, Apr 29 • 57 Comments

There are no Transcripts on XLP.

Jim Cramer's Game Plan: Watch Out for Weakness

at CNBC.com (Fri, 6:02PM)
J.J. Zhang's Winner Take All: Tide starts to turn against defensive stocks

at MarketWatch.com (May 14, 2013)
Jonathan Burton's Life Savings: 4 hot stock sectors to beat the summertime blues

at MarketWatch.com (May 13, 2013)
Raise a glass to these 3 bulletproof booze players

at MarketWatch.com (May 1, 2013)
Jim Cramer: Trick to Picking Winners

at CNBC.com (Apr 23, 2013)
Week Ahead: Sell the Leaders or Buy High?

at CNBC.com (Apr 12, 2013)
If This is the Start of a Correction, It's Going to be Pretty Tame

at CNBC.com (Apr 5, 2013)
Global Growth Fears Weigh on Stocks, Poor Market Internals Continue

at CNBC.com (Apr 3, 2013)
J.J. Zhang's Winner Take All: A stock strategy to weather the downturn

at MarketWatch.com (Apr 2, 2013)
Cramer: Does General Mills Deserve Higher Multiple?

at CNBC.com (Mar 27, 2013)
Cramer: Make Europe's Pain Your Gain

at CNBC.com (Mar 25, 2013)
Market Extra: As stocks extend gains, volume gets even thinner

at MarketWatch.com (Mar 14, 2013)
Cramer: How Many Stocks Should You Own at One Time?

at CNBC.com (Feb 11, 2013)
Harvesting profits and reseeding cash

at MarketWatch.com (Oct 1, 2012)
Amid Market Gains, Two Sectors Could Lag: Pro

at CNBC.com (Aug 9, 2012)
S&P 500 gets its mojo back

at MarketWatch.com (Aug 7, 2012)
Weekend Investor: How to manage volatility as the fiscal cliff looms

at MarketWatch.com (Aug 3, 2012)
Technical Signals Point to Structural Bull Market

at CNBC.com (Jul 25, 2012)
Cisco down 5.7%; stock slide intensifies

at MarketWatch.com (Jul 24, 2012)
The Technical Indicator: Charting the technical cross currents

at MarketWatch.com (Jul 24, 2012)

XLP vs. ETF Alternatives

XLP Description

The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR® Fund, before expenses, seeks to closely match the returns and characteristics of the Consumer Staples Select Sector Index. Our approach is designed to provide portfolios with low portfolio turnover, accurate tracking, and lower costs.
See more details on sponsor's website

Sector: Consumer Goods

Country: United States

Key Info

In Your Portfolio: A Guide to Sector ETFs, Retail and Consumer Goods & Services ETFs
Asset Class Performance: Sectors

All
| Earnings
| Dividends
| M&A
| On the move

Monday, May 6, 7:27 AM The S&P 500 (SPY) is fairly valued, says Goldman, but opportunity lies in cyclicals (XLY, XLE, XLI, XLB) which are more undervalued vs. defensives (XLU, XLP, XLV, XTL) than at any time in the last 15 years. "Given the 4 P/E multiple point head start, even a slight valuation normalization should translate into outperformance of cyclicals over defensives during the next 12 months." 1 Comment
Friday, May 3, 12:54 PM Stocks remain sharply higher midday (SPY +1.2%), with the year's leaders - healthcare (XLV +0.7%), utilities (XLU +0.2%), and staples (XLP +0.7%) - lagging, and the year's laggers - industrials (XLI +2.1%), tech (XLK +1.1%), and energy (XLE +1.9%) - leading. Treasurys (TLT -2.1%) are suffering one of their worst days of the year, and broader fixed income (AGG -0.3%). 1 Comment
Friday, April 26, 8:34 AM The beginning of a bigger move? Two of the year's three strongest performing sectors - healthcare (XLV) and consumer staples (XLP) - are down on the week as the three weakest sectors - energy (XLE), materials (XLB), and tech (XLK) - post gains of 3%-4.5%. 2 Comments
Wednesday, April 24, 10:48 AM The rough patch hit by Procter & Gamble in emerging markets isn't giving unnoticed by some of its peers with Kimberly-Clark (KMB -1.2%), Colgate-Palmolive (CL -1.7%), and Clorox (CLX -1.5%) all showing weakness. ETF watch: Is the frothy run of consumer staple ETFs (XLP, FXG, VDC) at risk of running out of steam as sector rotation picks up? 2 Comments [Consumer, On the Move, Quick Ideas]
Wednesday, April 24, 9:20 AM "To say that the advance has gotten ahead of fundamentals is an understatement," says iShares' Russ Koesterich, suggesting investors lighten up on red-hot consumer staples (XLP, IYK) holdings. He questions the conventional wisdom saying staples are not immune to consumer spending slowdowns, and further, he argues, how many companies are really pure staples plays? Comment! [Consumer]
Thursday, April 18, 3:14 PM The bear market in a gold is a signal China, emerging markets, and commodities (DBC) in general are through leading the markets, argues BAML, which reminds the peak for the metal occurred nearly 2 years ago. "In all scenarios, it's good for the U.S. dollar (UUP)." Looking back at 9 other sharp declines in gold since 1975, the team finds equities rally, led by consumer (XLP, XLY) and energy stocks (XLE) once the metal stabilizes. 1 Comment [Commodities, Global & FX]
Monday, April 8, 2:17 PM Moderate early losses are erased and stocks turn higher in afternoon trade, SPY +0.35%, QQQ +0.3%. Consumer goods stocks lead the way, the XLP +0.8%, the XLY +0.7%. 5 Comments
Wednesday, April 3, 3:02 PM The S&P and DJIA may have just hit new all-time highs, but the Health Care (XLV), Consumer Staples (XLP) and Discretionary (XLY) sectors left their records in the dust some time ago. Technology (XLK) and Financials (XLF) are the two biggest sectors and it could be years, if not decades before they put in new records. Comment!
Tuesday, April 2, 1:22 PM Already the best sector YTD, Healthcare widens its lead even further thanks to hikes in Medicaid Advantage rates. The XLV's 17.1% gain is more than 200 bps greater than 2nd place Consumer Staples (XLP), and about 700 bps better than SPY. Getting a relative drubbing are Materials (XLB) and Tech (XLK) - each up less than 4%. Comment!
Wednesday, March 27, 3:07 PM Updating its ETF matrix, Bespoke finds all the major U.S. index ETFs up about 10% YTD, with the leading sectors health care (XLV) and consumer staples (XLP) - each up more than 13%. Dragging are telecom (IYZ), materials (XLB), and tech (XLK). About all country ETFs are in the red, with the exceptions of Japan (EWJ) and Mexico (EWW). Leading everything is natural gas (UNG), up 17.7%. Comment!
Wednesday, March 27, 8:39 AM Has the rally in consumer staples (XLP) stocks run its course? A group of large well-known defensive stocks have been on the offensive in 2013 with all-time highs falling left and right to stretch some valuations beyond historic norms. Though upgrades on the sector are still piling in, skeptics are advising investors to tread carefully. On watch: PG, CLX, KO, K, GIS, CL, BUD, EL. 3 Comments [Consumer, Quick Ideas]
Friday, March 22, 4:32 PM The week's ETF movers - Gainers: AMJ +3.37%. VXX +2.24%. GDX +2.20%. XLP +2.13%. UNG +1.98%.
ETF Losers: EPI -5.54%. BRF -4.26%. KOL -3.67%. EWZ -3.64%. FCG -3.43%. Comment! [On the Move]
Tuesday, March 19, 10:41 AM The market (SPY) is still a buy, says Investors Intelligence's Tarquin Coe, monitoring the "need vs. want" trade. The ratio between the consumer discretionary ETF (XLY) and the consumer staples ETF (XLP) remains in an uptrend, he notes, with a test of the 2007 peak in sight. 1 Comment
Friday, March 15, 2:53 PM Consumer wrapup: An improved jobs situation and a break upward in the value of houses seems to be trumping higher payroll taxes as consumers continue to spend more than some of the more dire forecasts for the first half of 2012 foreshadowed. By sector, Staples (XLP), Discretionary (XLY), and Retail (XRT) are all double-digit gainers for the year, while defensive-oriented plays (PG, CLX, CL, REV, GIS) have been busy tracking higher. A couple of retail powerhouses - Wal-Mart (WMT) and TJX Companies (TJX) - haven't joined the 2013 frivolity just yet and the department store group (M, SKS, DDS, JWN, KSS, JCP) has lagged. Comment! [Consumer, Quick Ideas]
Friday, March 15, 10:13 AM Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP) announces quarterly distribution of $0.1909. 30-day SEC yield of 2.38% (as of 03/14/2013). For shareholders of record Mar. 19. Payable Mar. 25. Ex-div date Mar. 15. Comment! [Dividends]
Tuesday, March 12, 9:48 AM The trailing P/E ratio on the S&P 500 (SPY) has creeped up to 15.25 from just above 13 late last spring, writes Bespoke. There's nothing unusual about rising valuations during rallies, they say, but keep it on your radar. Contributing most of late to rising multiples have been Staples (XLP) and Discretionary (XLY), but dividend favorites Telecoms (XTL) and Utilities (XLU) continue to trade at nosebleed (for them) valuations. 3 Comments

Alan Brochstein
$XLU has pulled back sharply. Is $XLP next
May 12, 3:54 PM
Reply

• !Report Abuse
View all 0 replies
Add a reply...

140 characters

OddsTrader
$XLY $XLP leading the charge http://bit.ly/QL5smm
May 1, 8:31 AM
Reply

• !Report Abuse
View all 0 replies
Add a reply...

140 characters

x oil -field
Something's Gotta Give. April 14 2013 by: Michael A. Gayed. $SPY $DBC $DIA $EEM $TENZ $VGK $XLP http://bit.ly/YVYtf1
Apr 14, 11:34 PM
Reply

• !Report Abuse
View all 0 replies
Add a reply...

140 characters

x oil -field
U.S. Economy In February - Consumers Keep Spending by:Stephen Aniston. $GLD $OIL $SPY $UUP $XHB $XLF $XLI $XLP $XLY http://bit.ly/16FfL1R
Apr 7, 12:40 AM
Reply

• !Report Abuse
View all 0 replies
Add a reply...

140 characters

ONeil Trader
Market in a risk on mode today, $IWM, $XLF, XHB, $XLK outperforming, $TLT down, $XLU, $XLP underperforming http://goo.gl/zpjhb
Mar 14, 4:25 PM
Reply

• !Report Abuse
View all 0 replies
Add a reply...

140 characters

ONeil Trader
Intermarket Trends Favor More Upside For Stocks http://goo.gl/zpjhb $SPY $TLT $XLU $XLP $JAZZ $V $MA $SODA $PJC
Mar 11, 1:55 PM
Reply

• !Report Abuse
View all 0 replies
Add a reply...

140 characters

Daniel Nadler
Which Sectors Typically Outperform in March?: http://goo.gl/xLZCQ $SPY $XLF $XLB $XLI $XLY $XLK $XLP $XLV $XLE $XLU $DIA $QQQ
Feb 28, 11:19 AM
Reply

• !Report Abuse
View all 0 replies
Add a reply...

140 characters

David Trainer
Best ETF in the US equity market $XLP. And more on how to find the best in each sector. http://seekingalpha.com/a/m9qj
12/2/12
Reply

• !Report Abuse
View all 0 replies
Add a reply...

140 characters

Wall Street Sector Selector
Consumer Sentiment Has 2007 Flashback (XLY) (XLP (XLI)
11/10/12
Reply

• !Report Abuse
View all 0 replies
Add a reply...

140 characters

Wall Street Sector Selector
(XLY) (XLP) Consumer Credit Expands, Beats Expectations, http://bit.ly/ST276z
11/7/12
Reply

• !Report Abuse
View all 0 replies
Add a reply...

140 characters

LATEST REPLIES

David Jackson
The only sectors which are up over the last 3 months are $XLP $XLU $XLV. What does this tell you: http://bit.ly/6A4AdX
7/30/12
Reply (1)

• !Report Abuse
View all 1 replies
Ocean Man: Tells me to sell some defensives tomorrow. No QE Wed = they'll drop with market. Yes QE = they fall out of favor.
7/30/12
• !Report Abuse
Add a reply...

140 characters

Michael A. Gayed
Nice to see the bear trade so weak today with Utilities (XLU), Healthcare (XLV), Consumer Staples (XLP), and Treasuries (TLT) all down.
1/19/12
Reply (3)

• !Report Abuse
View all 3 replies
Tas 2010: Granted there is lots of bad news in the world. But let's also assess all the good news in the world. This is a stock pickers market.
1/19/12
• !Report Abuse
Michael A. Gayed: Winter Resolution :)
1/19/12
• !Report Abuse
Add a reply...

140 characters

Michael A. Gayed
XLF - XLU - XLV - XLP = Bullish.
1/11/12
Reply (1)

• !Report Abuse
View all 1 replies
Josh Krause: Until 1320, then rug pulling can commence.
1/11/12
• !Report Abuse
Add a reply...

140 characters

Michael A. Gayed
Massive fear in sector movement. Utilities XLU, Staples XLP, and Healthcare XLV all outperforming very strongly.
12/21/11
Reply (29)

• !Report Abuse
View all 29 replies
Robin Heiderscheit: Hold your nose and pound the buy button.
12/22/11
• !Report Abuse
Playing the Ponzi: ...on SPY puts. Wow, are they on sale.
12/22/11
• !Report Abuse
Add a reply...

140 characters

Michael A. Gayed
If its a real trend up, why are Treasury (TLT) yields still at panic levels? Defensive sectors (XLU, XLV, XLP) outperforming for the week?
12/22/11
Reply (3)

• !Report Abuse
View all 3 replies
RobinLonghog: SPY goes to 130-135, TLT goes to 110. After this rally, get short.
12/22/11
• !Report Abuse
Ocean Man: Defensive sectors are where the timid money goes when it first comes back from the sidelines.
12/22/11
• !Report Abuse
Add a reply...

140 characters

SlingWing9
Breakouts - ANH, NLY, CMO, XLP, XLV, XLU. Expect test of new support. What to do about ORCL?
12/22/11
Reply (1)

• !Report Abuse
View all 1 replies
madav1138: I am so glad I didn't jump on NLY at $18, my cost basis has reduced down to 16.99 and with my DRIP, it will go down further for good returns
12/22/11
• !Report Abuse
Add a reply...

140 characters

Michael A. Gayed
Unlike prior "whipsaws" defensive sector performance XLP, XLU, XLV all confirm a transition is happening. Conditions for Fall Melt-Up.
10/5/11
Reply (11)

• !Report Abuse
View all 11 replies
Michael A. Gayed: If you think markets react to news (which is old) you are ignoring the role of expectations in trend formation.
10/5/11
• !Report Abuse
Bowerz101: Oh, you mean the lower highs and lower lows trend formation?
10/5/11
• !Report Abuse
Add a reply...

140 characters

Windsun33
bought 1500 XLP @ $29.65 seemed cheap and the cash was sitting there.. makes as much sense as any other reason in this market
9/30/11
Reply (1)

• !Report Abuse
View all 1 replies
Windsun33: Sold off anything that looked French or non-German in Euro.
9/30/11
• !Report Abuse
Add a reply...

140 characters

Windsun33
I am thinking retail stocks, or may just pile into XLP for now
9/30/11
Reply (1)

• !Report Abuse
View all 1 replies
Windsun33: Some mining stocks & coal are looking extremely cheap, but sentiment is negative.. for today at least
9/30/11
• !Report Abuse
Add a reply...

140 characters

Jase007
XLY:XLP is up today. bullish.
9/19/11
Reply (1)

• !Report Abuse
View all 1 replies
Jase007: and rising: http://bit.ly/jJle7z risk on.
9/19/11
• !Report Abuse
Add a reply...

140 characters

XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF

XLP

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF